Leonardo da Vinci (14/15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who is widely considered one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he also became known for his notebooks, in w...

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. ...

Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (April 7, 1868 – May 22, 1947) was an American author and the stepson of the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, with whom he co-authored three books and provided input and ideas on others. Lloyd Osbourne was born in San Francisco to Fanny Osbourne (née Vandegrift) and Sam...

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the Oz series, plus 41 other novels (not including four lost, unpublished novels), 83 short stories, over 200 poems...

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the father of American l...

Mary Elizabeth Burt (10 December 1925 - 15 February 2001) was an American writer and teacher.

Montague Rhodes James (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936) was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–15). Though James's work as a medievalist and scholar is...

William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extan...

أبو العلاء المعري (363 هـ - 449 هـ) (973 -1057م) هو أحمد بن عبد الله بن سليمان القضاعي التنوخي المعري، شاعر ومفكر ونحوي وأديب من عصر الدولة العباسية، ولد وتوفي في معرة النعمان في محافظة إدلب وإليها يُنسب. لُقب بـرهين المحبسين أي محبس العمى ومحبس البيت وذلك لأنه قد اعتزل الناس بعد عودته من بغداد حتى ...

سلامة موسى (1887- 4 أغسطس 1958)، هو رائد الاشتراكية المصرية ومن أول المروّجين لأفكارها. ولد في قرية بهنباي وهي تبعُدْ سبعةْ كيلو متراتْ عن الزقازيق لأبوين قبطيين. عرف عنه اهتمامه الواسع بالثقافة، واقتناعه الراسخ بالفكر كضامن للتقدم والرخاء. انتمى سلامة موسى لمجموعة من المثقفين المصريين، منهم أحمد لط...